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The woolly mammoth is being revived by scientists

US-based startup ColosSAL Biosciences has created the closest living relative of the woolly mammoth. The Asian elephant was gene-edited to give the woolly mammoth fuzzy hair and blubber that helped it survive in cold climates. “Some people think it’s a bad idea because there’ll be only one cold lonely elephant. Church said. “It opens…new possibilities for conserving species’ genetic diversity,” he added.

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